It is important we take a deeper look at the ongoing herders’ vs farmers’ clashes that has claimed a lot of lives in the country especially because President Muhammadu Buhari has failed to offer a satisfactory response. It is true that the killings predate this administration but it also is true that the killings have... Read More

July 7, 2018

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Herdsmen Killings: It seems the Sultan of Sokoto does not read newspapers

The state of insecurity in Nigeria has remained an all-time low since 2015 when President Muhammadu Buhari was elected president. The administration whose campaign promises hinged on Security, Economy and Corruption has failed to achieve success on all fronts, especially in Security. The famed “General” status of President Buhari has not performed the magic expected... Read More

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Fulani, nigeria, Sultan

July 4, 2018

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Plateau killings: How Simon Lalong brought this avoidable catastrophe upon himself

In January 2018, the YNaija Injustice Blog published a story titled “Ortom knows what to do, but it is election season and he has to play the game”. In that story we emphasized the fact that the state Governor is not incapable of chasing the marauding herdsmen out of his state but he is being overwhelmed... Read More

Counter Culture Blog

Fulani, Lalong, plateau

February 1, 2018

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[The Activism Blog] Amnesty International indicts the federal government and the Nigerian military of complicity in the Fulani Herdsmen attacks

International human rights body Amnesty International on Monday, January 29, 2018 released a detailed statement on the ongoing violence by Fulani herdsmen in the country. According to the statement released by Osai Ojigho the country director of Amnesty International, she says the killer herdsmen have killed 168 Nigerians alone in the month of January. The... Read More

Counter Culture Blog

Amnesty International, Fulani, Military

November 2, 2017

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Femi Fani-Kayode: Vice President Osinbajo has betrayed the Church

by Femi Fani-Kayode Many years ago the irrepressable Hausa leader who hailed from Kano and who was the founder of the radical leftist political party called NEPU, Mallam Aminu Kano, said, “Until the Fulani Emirs are toppled, Northern Nigeria will not know peace”. History has proved him right. The feudal structure of the north and... Read More

Opinion

Ethnic politics, Femi Fani-Kayode, Fulani, nigeria, opinion, Religion

August 10, 2017

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‘Three people dead in fresh herdsmen, farmers clash in Benue’

Renewed crisis between Fulani herdsmen and farmers in Otukpa Local Government Area of Benue State has led to the death of three persons, Punch reports. According to the newspaper, the crisis started late Wednesday night and ended on Thursday morning. The crisis reportedly started when cows strayed into people’s farms and destroyed their crops. The... Read More

The News Blog

benue, cladh, farmers, Fulani, herdsmen, Three dead

July 23, 2017

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54 Fulani’s killed, 15 others missing in Kaduna attacks | Community accuses media of “distortion of facts”

The Fulani community in Southern Kaduna have said 54 of their members were killed in the recent attacks in some communities in Kajuru Local Government Area. They also said 15 others are still missing. This was revealed by the Assistant National Secretary of Miyetti Allah Cattle Breeders Association, Ibrahim Abdullahi, at a press conference in... Read More

The News Blog

Fulani, police, Southern Kaduna killings

July 19, 2017

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Police confirm 33 dead in Fulani, villagers clash in Kaduna

The Nigerian Police Wednesday said that calm has been restored to villages in Kajuru Local Government Area of Kaduna State, where 33 people died in clashes between villagers and Fulani. A total of 27 Fulani people living in the area were killed by the villagers in two separate attacks, while six villagers died, the police... Read More

The News Blog

Fulani, kaduna, Kajuru LGA

June 14, 2017

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Fulani people threatening me over anti-grazing law – Ortom

Benue State governor Samuel Ortom has said some unidentified Fulani persons have threatened him over the anti-open grazing law recently enacted in the state. Ortom stated this on Wednesday while addressing members of National Council of Tiv Youths who were protesting utterances by Fulani leaders against Tiv people. The governor said he would not rescind his... Read More

The News Blog

anti-grazing, benue, Fulani, herdsmen, law, Samuel Ortom, threats

June 12, 2017

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Hausa, Fulani are safe in Cross River – Ayade

Cross River Governor, Ben Ayade, has assured that the Hausa/ Fulani in the state are safe. Speaking through his special adviser on non-indigenes affairs, Musa Maigoro, the governor said he has met with all the stakeholders of the northern community to assure them of their safety and that they should go about their legitimate business... Read More

The News Blog

Ben Ayade, Cross River, Fulani, hausa, Kaduna Declaration

March 3, 2017

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El-Rufai, we hear you, but this explanation is too little too late

Kaduna state governor, Mallam Nasir El-Rufai was at Social Media Week on Thursday and in a panel session, he spoke extensively on the Audu Maikori/Southern Kaduna killings issue. We would be surprised if he didn’t. As expected, the question of his highly controversial and now that we know, very confusing 2012 tweet was raised by... Read More

Featured, Thinking Through

2012, benom, el rufai, Fulani, herdsmen, Kaduna State, Southern Kaduna, tweet

March 2, 2017

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Herdsmen reportedly kill 4 in attack on Benue community

by Dolapo Adelana Herdsmen suspected to be of Fulani extraction have reportedly attacked Gbemacha council ward in Gwer Local Government Area of Benue state. Four persons including an elderly man were said to have been killed in a midnight raid on the community. The Special Adviser to the State Governor, Samuel Ortom on Bureau for... Read More

The News Blog

Attack, benue, Fulani, herdsmen, Prof Jonathan Uever, Samuel Ortom

January 27, 2017

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The Church Blog: Just watch, Apostle Suleiman is going to ‘blow’ after this

We run a church blog here, yeah? Anyone who has read this blog knows that we are fully engaged especially on Protestant matters, with special experience in Pentecostal Christianity, with more than 50 years post born-again experience between us. Yet only one of us had heard about Apostle Johnson Suleiman of the Omega Fire Ministries... Read More

Church Culture, Thinking Through

Apostle suleiman, Ayo Fayose, Church, Ekiti, Fulani, Muhammadu Buhari, nigeria, olusegun obasanjo, RCB, The Church Blog, Tunde Bakara

January 23, 2017

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13-year-old boy killed in recent Kaduna attack

A 13-year-old boy, Yahaya Musa was killed over the weekend in the latest violence in Kaduna State. The tragic incident occurred in Zankan village, a Fulani settlement in Kaura Local Government Area of the state when gunmen in an unidentified car opened fire on the residents, injuring five persons in the process. “The gunmen came in a car... Read More

The News Blog

Aliyu Usman, Fulani, gunmen, kaduna, Yayaha Musa

December 25, 2016

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Former Guinness MD shares a fearful message for Nigeria at Christmas

Keith Richards, a former Managing Director of multinational company, Guinness has expressed fears for Nigeria under the current administration of President Muhammadu Buhari. In a tweet on Christmas Day, Richard described Buhari as an economic illiterate and the most ethnic President since colonial times. It's Christmas & I fear for Nigeria. This man is an economic... Read More

The News Blog

Economic illiterate, Ethnic president, Fulani, Keith Richard, President Muhammadu Buhari, Shiite

December 13, 2016

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Femi Fani-Kayode: Nasir El Rufai and the bloodfest in southern Kaduna (Pt.2)

by Femi Fani-Kayode Senator Danjuma La’ah, the Senator representing the good people of Southern Kaduna continued. He said that according to the Leadership Newspaper of 4th December 2016 under the headline: “Foreigners Behind Southern Kaduna Massacre”, Governor Nasir El-Rufai stated that some of them (Killer Fulani) were from Niger, Cameroon, Chad, Mali and Senegal, adding,... Read More

Blood fest, el rufai, Femi Fani-Kayode, Fulani, nigeria, Southern Kaduna, terrorism

December 9, 2016

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Femi Fani-Kayode: Nasir El-Rufai and the bloodfest in Southern Kaduna (Pt. 1)

by Femi Fani-Kayode “We will write this for all to read. Anyone, soldier or not, that kills the Fulani takes a loan repayable one day no matter how long it takes” – Mallam Nasir El Rufai, 2012. I will never forget these words. How I wish that my friend and brother, Governor Nasir El Rufai,... Read More

el rufai, Fulani, kaduna, killings, nigeria, terrorists

December 6, 2016

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Dr. Peregrino Brimah: El-Rufai, tell the terrorists I am Fulani too and give them this money

by Peregrino Brimah Nigeria has a problem: Kaduna. There is an administrator in Kaduna who is very very dangerous. He is a textbook definition of an ethnic bigot, a tribalist and a religious sectarian radical. He also believes he is taller than the law and has little regard for Nigeria’s constitution and next to none for the people’s lives. This makes him... Read More

Fulani, Governor El-Rufai, Kaduna State, Religion, terrorist

September 12, 2016

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The Sultan of Sokoto has this to say about armed herdsmen…

The Sultan of Sokoto, Alhaji Sa’ad Abubakar III, says the herdsmen causing trouble with farmers across the country are not Nigerians but are foreign terrorists. The monarch said this in his Eid el-Kabir message. “The Nigerian herdsmen are very peace-loving and law-abiding,” he said. “The so-called Fulani herdsmen moving with guns, causing violence, fighting with... Read More

The News Blog

Alhaji Saad Abubakar III, Fulani, herdsmen, sallah, Sultan of Sokoto, terrorists

September 8, 2016

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The Big 5: These are the stories you should be monitoring today

These are the top five news stories to monitor today 1. There are no poisoned rice in Nigeria The National Biosafety Management Agency has dismissed claims that poisonous rice had found its way into the Nigerian market. 2. Eldest son of Abubakar Audu arrested The Kogi State Police Command has arrested Mohammed Audu, the eldest son of... Read More

The News Blog

#BBOG, Abubakar Audu, big 5, Fulani, hausa, IGP, killed, lagos, market, police, rice, son

September 8, 2016

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How Fulani, Hausa traders clashed in Lagos

About three persons were reportedly killed on Wednesday when Hausa and Fulani traders clashed at the Lagos State Abattoir, Agege, The Punch reports. The clash caused pandemonium in the market as many scampered for safety. The incident left more than twenty persons with varying degrees of injury in the area. Police patrol vehicles from the Elere, Abattoir, and Alakuko... Read More

The News Blog

Agege Abbatoir, Fulani, hausa, Nigeria Railway Corporation, Seriki Fulani, Trash collectors

July 25, 2016

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Opinion: Of cows, zebra crossings, taskforces and Japan

By Simon Utsu Some days ago, I was somewhere and someone joked about Cows in Nigeria being issued passports soon, I laughed. And then it occurred to me that the joke could soon be reality and I stopped laughing. I remembered that some days before that, I had seen images of a herd of cattle... Read More

Abuja, America, China, cows, Fulani, japan, nigeria, president, taskforces

July 22, 2016

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Opinion: Fulani herdsmen, deaths and repercussions

by Simon Utsu Some days ago, I was somewhere and someone joked about Cows in Nigeria being issued passports soon, I laughed. And then it occurred to me that the joke could soon be reality and I stopped laughing. I remembered that some days before that, I had seen images of a herd of cattle... Read More

Abuja, death, federal governmen, Fulani, herdsmen

July 9, 2016

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4 dead as Fulani herdsmen, farmers face-off

A communal clash between members of the Fulani and Gwari tribes in Lambata, Gurara Local Government Area of Niger State has left at least four persons dead. The clash, which took place on Thursday evening, resulted in the death of three Fulani men and one man from Gwari while three persons have been declared missing by... Read More

The News Blog

cattle, dead, Fulani, gwari, hospital, Niger, police

June 2, 2016

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2 Fulani herdsmen charged with murder, to ‘remain in prison till September’

Two Fulani herdsmen suspected to be behind the May 20 attack on Oke Ado, Ikole Ekiti Local Government Area of Ekiti State, were on Wednesday, remanded in jail by a Chief Magistrate’s court in Ado Ekiti. According to Vanguard, the suspects, Usman Salihu (50) and Abubakar Auta C52) were arraigned before the court on charges... Read More

The News Blog

Attack, Ekiti, Fayose, Fulani, herdsmen, kill, PDP

May 26, 2016

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Oh, Fayose: ‘Even my government house doesn’t have fuel for generator’

Ekiti State Governor, Ayodele Fayose will not leave the news, he has apparently sworn. Today, he pleaded with the people of the state to show understanding for his inability to pay workers’ salaries. The governor, in a statewide broadcast explained to the people of the state that they only got N751million as allocation from the... Read More

The News Blog

Allocation, Ekiti, Fayose, Finance, Fulani, Government House, nlc, salary, strike

May 26, 2016

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The Conversation: ‘Fayose wants to start a civil war’

Every week, we go searching for everyday Nigerians and we have an unfiltered conversation via WhatsApp or BlackBerry with them on the most urgent issues facing our nation. There is no artifice, and no preparation. We want to know exactly how people see their country and it’s biggest challenges – just the way you talk... Read More

Buhari, conversation, Ekiti State, Fayose, Federal Government, Fulani, herdsmen, police, security, war

May 26, 2016

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Herdsmen desperately beg Fayose

Following the Ekiti State Governor’s eye-for-an-eye tack in handling the Fulani Herdsmen crisis, the Miyetti Allah Cattle Breeders Association of Nigeria has appealed for the overturn of the ban on herdsmen and their grazing cattle. Channels Television spoke to the secretary general of the association, Baba Ngelzerma, and he talked about the readiness of the group... Read More

Featured, The News Blog

Baba Ngelzerma, Ekiti, Fayose, Fulani, Governor, herdsmen, Miyetti Allah Cattle Breeders Association of Nigeria

May 15, 2016

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Fulani herdsmen ‘attack Benue community, 5 dead’

While the Benue state governor, Samuel Ortom, was busy praising the Buhari administration for the removal of fuel subsidy, Leadership is reporting that Fulani herdsmen attacked his state, killing five persons. The herdsmen were said to have attacked Agwabi community in Binev council ward of Buruku local government area of Benue State on Friday night.... Read More

The News Blog

Attack, benue, buruku, five dead, Fulani, herdsmen

May 15, 2016

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Governor Ortom supports the removal of fuel subsidy

The Governor of Benue state, Samuel Ortom, on Saturday, expressed his support for the federal government’s decision to remove fuel subsidy. The governor stated this while speaking at the funeral mass of the mother of the minister of Agriculture and Natural Resources, Chief Audu Ogbeh. Ortom, a member of the All Progressive Congress (APC), noted... Read More

The News Blog

APC, benue state, Fulani, Ogbeh, Ortom, subsidy

Herdsmen vs Farmers clashes: Where do Buhari’s loyalties really lie?

Herdsmen Killings: It seems the Sultan of Sokoto does not read newspapers

Plateau killings: How Simon Lalong brought this avoidable catastrophe upon himself

[The Activism Blog] Amnesty International indicts the federal government and the Nigerian military of complicity in the Fulani Herdsmen attacks

Femi Fani-Kayode: Vice President Osinbajo has betrayed the Church

‘Three people dead in fresh herdsmen, farmers clash in Benue’

54 Fulani’s killed, 15 others missing in Kaduna attacks | Community accuses media of “distortion of facts”

Police confirm 33 dead in Fulani, villagers clash in Kaduna

Fulani people threatening me over anti-grazing law – Ortom

Hausa, Fulani are safe in Cross River – Ayade

El-Rufai, we hear you, but this explanation is too little too late

Herdsmen reportedly kill 4 in attack on Benue community

The Church Blog: Just watch, Apostle Suleiman is going to ‘blow’ after this

13-year-old boy killed in recent Kaduna attack

Former Guinness MD shares a fearful message for Nigeria at Christmas

Femi Fani-Kayode: Nasir El Rufai and the bloodfest in southern Kaduna (Pt.2)

Femi Fani-Kayode: Nasir El-Rufai and the bloodfest in Southern Kaduna (Pt. 1)

Dr. Peregrino Brimah: El-Rufai, tell the terrorists I am Fulani too and give them this money

The Sultan of Sokoto has this to say about armed herdsmen…

The Big 5: These are the stories you should be monitoring today

How Fulani, Hausa traders clashed in Lagos

Opinion: Of cows, zebra crossings, taskforces and Japan

Opinion: Fulani herdsmen, deaths and repercussions

4 dead as Fulani herdsmen, farmers face-off

2 Fulani herdsmen charged with murder, to ‘remain in prison till September’

Oh, Fayose: ‘Even my government house doesn’t have fuel for generator’

The Conversation: ‘Fayose wants to start a civil war’

Herdsmen desperately beg Fayose

Fulani herdsmen ‘attack Benue community, 5 dead’

Governor Ortom supports the removal of fuel subsidy

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